Models hand out fliers in Denver last year encouraging people to buy insurance on Colorado's health care exchange. AP file photo

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Jonathan Turley

When the District of Columbia Circuit ruled last week that the Obama administration was violating the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in authorizing billions in tax credits, it took little time for leading Democrats to respond.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promptly labeled the ruling in Halbig v. Burwell "absurd," simply the work of "activist Republican judges." Less than two hours later, Democratically appointed judges across the river in Virginia reached the opposite result in King v. Burwell. The response from the right was equally predictable: The judges were Democratic drones ...